In the depths of Winter
15 March 2008 | Banff, Alberta
Jim Lea
Today we skiied Lake Louise, my 7th day of skiing in 8 days. Needless to say, my legs are aching. We were supposed to ski again tomorrow, but my legs were having none of it, so we'll take the day off. Then in the evening, we'll drive to Calgary and catch the red-eye to Toronto, then to Nassau Monday morning and back at Stella Maris by late afternoon, assuming all goes as planned.
We were in Vancouver for a couple of days staying with our son Andrew, his wife Meghn and our grand-son, Ben. Then we headed up to Whistler where we spent a week with A&M and Ben and our daughter Sarah joined us as it was her mid-term break from medical school. We had some great skiing with lots of fresh powder and skiing with friends living in Whistler who know all the great secret spots on the mountains. And Whistler-Blackcomb, with the largest terrain in North America has lots of secrets that can't be found without help. Then on Wednesday, Jeannie flew to Regina for a meeting, and on Thursday Sarah and I said goodby to Ben, Meghan and Andrew and flew to Calgary where we met up with Jeannie. We then drove out to Banff where we have been for three nights skiing and visiting our good friends Dave and Carol Morrison. I have known Dave since our days together at Dalhousie University in the late 1960's and its always great to see them. But we're now ready to head back to the boat and begin to think about sailing north again. We'll probably spend a couple of weeks more in the southern Bahamas then work our way northward to the Abacos from where we'll cross back to the US in mid-April. So now'it'll be a quick change back from the winter conditions here to the summer-like Bahamas!
Here's a picture of Lake Louise back bowls where we skiied today.